Clip for wallboards



March 1938. H. H. BURSON CLIP FOR WALLBOARDS Filed March 25, 1937 nH Il 1 1.11.

Patented Mar. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT 'EFIQE f CLIP FOE WALLBOARDS Harry H. Burson, Chicago, Ill.

Application March 25, 1937, Serial No. 132,918 r 5 Claims.

The clip of the present invention is designed in. the form of a saddle which is adapted to be fitted over a beam or against a studdingfor the purpose of providing sockets for the reception of 5 the meeting edges of wallboard sections or the like employed as a ceiling or sheathing.

The clips are so designed as to permit them to be readily stamped from sheet metal and so configured as to providefor the reception of adjoining wallboard sections on-each side of the saddle clip without the need for utilizing the beams or studdings themselves assurfaces against which the sheathing sections must be clamped.

Further objects and details of the invention will appearfrom a description thereof in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, Wherein,-- r

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clip of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank before the bending of the clip into saddle formation;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the method of employing the clips suspended from a beam to aiford a ceiling;

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the clip adjusted to a studding; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

The clip is formed from a single piece of sheet metal to provide a body l in the shape of a saddle having side walls H and a connecting wall i2, which saddle is adapted to fit over and embrace a beam l3 or a studding Hi as the case may be.

Each of the side walls of the saddle shaped body along one of its edges is provided with a laterally extending flange l5, which flange projects beyond the free edge 16 of the body and connects with a socket header section I! extending at right angles to the associated flange l but in the same plane therewith; and each edge of the socket header section is provided with oppositely extending tongues l8 on one side and IS on the other side, arranged in staggered relation and affording along each face of the header section H the equivalent of a channel for the reception of the edge of a wallboard section 20, the arrangement being such that the contiguous edges of two wallboard sections will lie within the channellike spaces thus provided on opposite sides of the thin header I1, so that the separation of the wallboard sections. will be negligible by reason of the presence of the thin header sections.

As shown, the method of forming the tongues [8 and I9 is to out the metal free on each of the header section, andto bend the portions thus out free in opposite directions to provide the tongues. As shown, there are two oppositelylextending tongues I8 along one edge of the header 7 section cooperating with four narrower. tongues l9 along the opposite edge, but the eifect,-as stated, is to afford channellike spaces for the reception'of the wallboard edges.

The 'flanges l5 project beyond the free edges H3 of the saddlelike body ill by an amountsubstantially equal to the thickness of the wallboard, so that, as shown, when the'saddle is mounted upon a beam or studding, the surface of the wallboard will abut against the beam orstudding, as the 'case may be, although where it is desirable, in ceiling construction or the like,to provide for the locating of the wallboards-an appreciabledistanc'e below the beams, the flanges Hi can be further extended to act as hangers for locating the wallboard sections at the desired elevation.

The construction is one which gives to the saddle a sufficient length along the connecting wall [2 to aiford an extended contact with the surface of the beam or studding which not only affords added rigidity but prevents any tendency toward tilting or cantin-g and serves to hold the saddle snugly around the beam or studding upon which it is mounted. Furthermore, the arrangement is one which enables the parts all .to be struck out from a fiat blank at right angles to one another and without any twisting of the metal, so that. all portions of the device will lie in snug relation to the members with which they are associated, and. substantially within the plane of the surfaces with which they contact, thereby avoiding the provision of parts which extend at oblique angles to the surfaces with which they are related.

The device makes -full provision for the complete socketing of both abutting edges of wallboard sections, the meeting edges of which extend in transverse relation to the beam or studding upon which the clip is mounted, but without the necessity for closely clamping the surfaces of the wallboard sections against the beam or studding, which is important in cases where close fitting to the structural elements is not desired. For this purpose it is important to provide oppositely extending tongues along each edge of the header members ll, so that the equivalent of complete channels will be afforded along each surface of the header in order to positively engage the wallboard edges along each side and hold them firmly against displacement in either direction.

I claim:

1. A wallboard clip formed of sheet metal bent to provide a saddle shaped body having spaced side walls, and a connecting wall configured to embrace a beam or studding, each side Wall having along one of its lateral edges a laterally extending flange terminating in an angularly extending header section, each header section hav. ing along each edge oppositely extending tongues affording channel like constructions for the reception of the meeting edges of wallboard board sections, the lateral flanges extending in right angle relation to the side walls of the body section.

2. A wallboard clip formed of sheetmetal bent to provide a saddle shaped body having spaced sidewalls, and a connecting Wall configured to embrace a beam or studding, each side wall having along one of its lateral edges a laterally extending flange projecting beyond the free edge of the contiguous side Wall and terminating in an angularly extending header section, each header section having along each edge oppositely extending tongues afiording channel like constructions for the reception of the meetingedges of fwallboarcl sections. 7

3.- A wallboardclip formed of sheet' metal bent A to provide a saddle shaped body having Spaced side walls, and a connecting wall configured to embrac'e'a beam or studding, each side wall having along one of its lateral edges a laterally extending flange terminating in an angularly extendingheader section, each header section having along each edge oppositely extending tongues affording channel like constructions for the reoeption of the meetingedges of wallboard sections, the lateral flanges extending in right angle relation to the side Walls of the body and ,1 the header sections lying in the same plane with the flanges and at right angles to the body walls.

4. A wallboard clip formed of sheet metal bent to provide a saddle shaped body having spaced side walls, and a connecting wall configured toembrace a beam or studding, each side wall having along one of its lateral edges a laterally extending flange projecting beyond the free edge of the contiguous side wall and terminating in an angularly extending header section, each header section having along each edge oppositely extending tongues affording channel like constructions for the reception of the meeting edges of walland the header sections lying in the same plane with the flanges and at right angles to the body walls.

5. A wall construction comprising a structural beam-like element, a clip formed of sheet metal bent to provide a channel shaped body portion having parallel spaced side walls and a cross connecting wall closely embracing three sides of the beam-like structural element to prevent canting orvtilting of the clip, each of the body side walls along one of its lateral edges being provided with a laterally extending flange projecting beyond the free edge of the contiguous side wall and terminating in an outwardly angularly extending header section, each header section having along each of its edges oppositely struck tongues forming in conjunction channel like members and wallboard sections having their meeting edges lying within the channel like members thus aiforded and in closely contiguous relation to one another, the joint thus afiorded extending transversely of the beam-like structural element.

HARRY H. BURSON. 

